They may be responsible for the running of the country, but that doesn’t make them marriage material, apparently (Picture: Getty Images)

Who would you like your son or daughter to marry? A teacher? A musician? A penguinologist?

Anything but an MP seems to be the British public’s answer.

According to a YouGov poll, Britons would have their son or daughter-in-law marry someone from almost any walk of life before an MP.

At the top of the list, doctors, teachers and lawyers were the people parents most wanted their children to marry while journalists (3 per cent), actors (3 per cent) and MPs (1 per cent) were the least preferred.